1 Kings 2:8

Thou hast with thee Shimei. — The most ungenerous charge is the virtual withdrawal of the pardon, freely granted to Shimei long before (2 Samuel 19:18). It is, perhaps, partly dictated by policy; for the notice of Shimei (2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:17) shows that he was powerful, and that he assumed a dangerous championship of the fallen house of Saul. But there are unmistakable traces of the old grudge rankling in David’s heart, reminding us of the bitterness of such psalms as Psalms 69.